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Shrubs

Description: Photograph of the Arkansas River bottom cotton stalk closeup. More than 100 boles made on this stalk. Crop rotation, soil building crops and fertilizer tell the story. mGood management by the farm boss pays on cotton as well as grass. OK-1482-4.
Date: October 16, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds, National Congress

Description: Photograph of Gordon K. Zimmerman, right, introduces Mr. Mrs. Marvin C. Emerson at a banquet meeting of the National Watershed Congress, 1966, Oklahoma City, OK. TRC-99-5.
Date: May 16, 1966
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds, National Congress

Description: Photograph of Watershed Congress, 1966, Oklahoma City, OK. Wayne Liles, farm Editor, KWTV (Channel 9), Oklahoma City, left, and Oklahoma City, left, and Oklahoma Senator, Fred Harris. TRC-100-1.
Date: May 16, 1966
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds, National Congress

Description: Photograph of Watershed Congress, 1966, Oklahoma City, OK. Left: Oklahoma's Governor Henry Bellmon and Marvin G. Emerson, Director, Oklahoma State Soil Conservation Board before the Board's watershed display. TRC-100-9.
Date: May 16, 1966
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds, National Congress

Description: Photograph of Watershed Congress, 1966, Oklahoma City, OK. Left: Oklahoma's Governor Henry Bellmon and Marvin G. Emerson, Director, Oklahoma State Soil Conservation Board before the Board's watershed display. TRC-100-8.
Date: May 16, 1966
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds, National Congress

Description: Photograph of Leo P. Harvey, Pleasant Grove, Utah, receives the National Watershed of the Year plaque for American Fork-Dry Creek Waershed. James B. Craig, of the American Forestry Association, Washington DC, makes the presentation. National Watershed Congress, 1966, Oklahoma City, OK. TRC-99-7.
Date: May 16, 1966
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds, National Congress

Description: Photograph of Leon J. Sisk, Field Secretary, Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Committee, speaks at the National Watershed Congress, 1966, Oklahoma City, OK. TRC-99-6.
Date: May 16, 1966
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds, National Congress

Description: Photograph of James B. Craig, American Forestry Association, Washington DC (left) presents Watershed Man of the Year plaque to Elmer L. Smith, Catepillar Tractor Company, Peoria, Illinois. National Watershed Congress, 1966, Oklahoma City, OK. TRC-99-16.
Date: May 16, 1966
Creator: Archer, Sellars G.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Contour Farming

Description: Photograph of two parallel terraces with the waterway in the foreground in Weeping Lovegrass that was planted in 1960. Terraces constructed in August, 1961. Soil unit # 7 on the Jack Hull farm. First parallel terraces construcvted in the Love County district. OK-1457-9.
Date: August 16, 1961
Creator: Collins, F. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a combine harvester. Combining soybeans on Arkansas River bottom soil. Such heavy soils often need drainage . Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technicians stake drainage where needed on lands of district cooperators. These beans will produce 40 bushels per acre. OK-1482-6.
Date: October 16, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of upland alfalfa field. Roland Mindeman is looking over an excellent stand of alfalfa on upland which is used in his crop rotation. He says it is the best soil builder he has found for his farm. It has really improved the fertility of his land. OK-1430-4.
Date: August 16, 1961
Creator: Smith, Bob J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of deferred native pasture. Native grass pasture east of the house. Grass was grazed into the ground. This is how how it looks after grazing was deferred for one year. A new pond in the background. OK-1430-2.
Date: August 16, 1961
Creator: Smith, Bob J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a group overlooking a later Bermuda grass planting, August, 1961., on Site 14, Upper Clear Boggy Creek. L to R: Phillip Busby, former president, Upper Muddy Boggy Watershed Improvement Association; Harral Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District (WSCD); Irl Rhymes, District Cooperator; Drexel Sales, Chairman, Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District (SCD); Dave Roberts, District Supervisor; Ted Savage, secretary of the Ada Chamber of Commerce; Kenneth Y… more
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Jimmie Thomas, District Supervisor of Pontotoc County Soil Conservation District, stands on ice near boat dock and principal spillway of Site # 35, Upper Clear Boggy Creek watershed, on the ranch of F. Howard Walsh, Fort Worth, TX, district cooperator. 10 acres surface of permanent water. Average depth is 30 feet. OK-1611-4.
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of District Cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, showing Kenneth Yoakum, Work Unit Conservationist (WUC), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Ada, OK, seed head of native grass on one of his native grass pastures above the drainage area of Site # 9, Upper Clear Boggy Creek. Background L to R: Ted Savage, secretary, Ada Chamber of Commerce; Harrel Allen, President, Sandy Creek Water and Soil Conservation District [WSCD]; Jimmy Thomas, District Supervisor; C. C. Baxton, Jr., District Super… more
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of District cooperator, Irl Rhymes, foreground, with 200 of his whiteface heifers above drainage area of Site # 15, Upper Clear Boggy. He takes excellent care of his native grass—taking half and leaving half. Has 8 Black Angus bulls in pasture with heifers. He is a conservation rancher. OK-1612-9.
Date: January 16, 1962
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

A Smooth Chert Savannah Range Site In Good Condition

Description: Photograph of a forested area and brush growing on a smooth chert, savannah range site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "A smooth chert savannah range site in good condition, the soil is Clarksville stony silt loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes. Grass production could be increased significantly by reducing the canopy through aerial brush control. This photo was taken for Craig Co report & has not been used."
Date: January 16, 1967
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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